SMCC rips Hudson boys, 62-30, in Siena Heights tournament

Friday

Dec 28, 2012 at 2:00 PM

By Doug DonnellyDaily Telegram Special Writer

ADRIAN — Hudson may have come up on the short end of a 62-30 shellacking at the hands of Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central Thursday night, but Tiger coach Wayne Perry is still a fan of holiday tournaments.

“We’ve been here since Siena Heights has started doing this,” he said. “You’re never happy with a 32-point loss, but they do a great job with this tournament. We like coming here. Tonight was just a tough matchup for us.”

Tough matchup might be an understatement.

The Tigers came into the game 1-4 and were without Justin Boies — the team’s biggest player at 6-6 and top rebounder — against the 3-0 Falcons, who started a front line of 6-6, 6-3, 6-2.

Hudson stayed close to the Falcons early as Bubba Williams scored seven first-quarter points. Perry was constantly telling his team to slow down the pace and keep control of the ball and the Tigers appeared up to the task. Still, Hudson fell behind 17-11 after the first quarter, then watched SMCC run off 16 straight points to start the second quarter and build a big lead.

Several of those points came on offensive rebounds and included a thunderous dunk by Chinedu Nwosu of SMCC. Williams hit a pair of free throws with 1:25 left in the quarter, the only points the Tigers would score in that eight-minute set.

“I was pretty happy with the first quarter, but obviously being outscored 20-2 in the second quarter didn’t help,” Perry said. “Not having Justin didn’t help us, either. But, we knew coming in they are one of the better teams that we are going to face all year.”

SMCC held a 38-point lead at the end of the third quarter, but the Tigers held off the running clock by outscoring the Falcons, 13-7, in the fourth quarter. Williams and Austin Scoby both hit 3-pointers in the final stanza and Zach Tanner scored on a nifty offensive move.